[Beliefs, perceptions and experiences in sexuality of Chilean adolescents with HIV acquired by vertical transmission].

Background: Since the incorporation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) HIV has become a chronic condition, improving survival and allowing children with the virus to come in better conditions to adolescence, where they are faced with a series of changes, among them, to sexual awakening.

Aim: To explore the main beliefs, perceptions and experiences in sexuality of a group of adolescents with HIV infection acquired through vertical transmission.

Methods: A qualitative research was carried out with exploratory and descriptive scope.

[Renal compromise in HIV/AIDS in patients attended at a Chilean children hospital].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of renal abnormalities in HIV positive children hospitalized in one pediatric hospital in Chile.

Method: a cross sectional study was performed during April 2007.

Results: A total of 18 patients were evaluated, ten male and eight female ranging in age from 4 to 19 years.

[Changes in vertically transmitted human immunodeficiency virus infection Chile].

The identification of various risk factors of vertical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission resulted in the development of strategies whose aim was to decrease the mother's viral load, to reduce her child's exposure to it during delivery, and to avoid the subsequent viral exposure due to breastfeeding. The administration of antiretroviral treatment during pregnancy, delivery and to the neonate (PACTG 076) proved to be useful. At a first stage, zidovudine was used.